# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S90
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

90 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Control to participate with St. John’s Congregation of Seward,
Nebr., in the expansion of St. John’s Lutheran School, the practice
school now serving Synod’s Concordia Teachers College at Sewar ;
Tue Boarp oF CONTROL

ALFRED O. FUERBRINGER, Executive Officer’

The foregoing memorial was presented to the members of S
John’s Lutheran Church of Seward, Nebr., and endorsed by the
St. Jonn’s LUTHERAN CHURCH

Water HELLWEGE, Secretary

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Revoke Two-Year Terminal Teacher-Training Work:
Toward Fifth Year at Teachers’ Colleges

Wuereas, The accrediting of our local schools is depender
largely upon the formal education given the graduates of o
teachers’ colleges; and j

Wuereas, Synod is still working under the policy of sanction;
ing a two-year terminal teacher-training course; and

Wuereas, The emergency measures taken by our Church teny
to become permanent policies; and a

Wuereas, National and State officials view an increased num;
ber of years of formal education as desirable and in many
compulsory for certification; be it therefore

Resolved, That we memorialize Synod that it revoke its sa
tion of the two-year terminal teacher training; and be it furtheg

Resolved, That we urge Synod to work in the direction
a fifth year at its teachers’ colleges. a

Atiantic District TEACHERS’ CONFERENG
Epwin A. Jive, Chairman
Rure WoukLTJEN, Secretary

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Co-education on High School Level —

Concordia, St. Paul, Minn.

Wuereas, The need for women workers in the Church in
field of education will continue for some time in the future beca’
of the present shortage of church workers; and

‘Wuereas, Concordia College, St. Paul, is able to accommod
a limited number of women day students in each class of the h '
school department; therefore be it